Here we go with another college football Saturday. On ESPN2, Iowa is playing Arkansas State and the game started at noon ET. NASCAR Countdown is scheduled for 3PM and the Nationwide Series race itself is at 3:30PM.
Allen Bestwick is poised to kick off the coverage with Rusty Wallace and Brad Daugherty alongside. This trio is reliable, dependable and excitable. As you can see from the picture above, Tony Eury Sr. is back in the Keselowski pit this week after getting injured in a Charlotte area auto accident recently. Good news.
Marty Reid is back and perhaps this week Dale Jarrett will be back on his game and give fans a feeling for what he can really do on TV. Andy Petree is always solid, but Jarrett is the star of this show and he needs to shine.
This is going to be a race filled with great stories due to a wide variety of circumstances. Sprint Cup Series veterans are mixed with rookies out to make a name for themselves and several Nationwide regulars just trying to hold on for the rest of the season.
The ESPN pit reporting corps of Jamie Little, Shannon Spake, Vince Welch and Dave Burns will be covering the live action. They may have to hustle as this big and fast track is known for producing a lot of incidents, especially with the scenario building for this race.
The ESPN production team is not slaved to a Chase format for these events and normally does not use all the bells and whistles available to them. Several Nationwide Series races produced by the team this season have simply been fun to watch. Hopefully, Kansas will join that list.
The battle for ESPN this season on shared weekends it that the Nationwide race becomes suddenly a bother. In fact, this series often produces much better racing than the its Sprint Cup big brother. Translating that to TV by giving it the same level of attention as the Sunday event is the challenge.
This post will update in the comments section the transition between the college football game and the NASCAR telecast. ESPN has a bad habit of waiting until the last minute to inform viewers of what is happening. The best guess is that ESPN Classic will once again get a visit from Allen Bestwick and company.
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«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 381 of 381JD...why can't they publish what they think? Much of the media spends a LOT of time telling the fans how stupid we are to hate the 'chase', so why can't they call ESPN out for producing race 'coverage' that is almost guaranteed to drive viewers away? Another dictate from Baby Brian?
hey jd? apropos of absolutely nothing but i've been meaning to ask: did you catch the cocktail party physics column wherein dr diandra leslie-pelecky (of stock car science) recounts the physics involved in "nascar driver vs wiley coyote: a real-life seriously inelastic collison"? she discusses what happened when colin braun hit a coyote at toyota arizona proving grounds while testing at 190 mph.
note of caution: the bottom photo is VERY graphic -- but the science is fascinating!
Dot, true but remember last year?
Forced to go which caused him to miss out on his F1 test with Toyota...
@ red, I saw that picture a few months ago with the coyote. Someone made a joke about it being Digger.
Red, Brad Coleman, not Colin Braun.
Coleman driving for JGR
rofl Boyd! I get some great email.
How tired do you think the sponsors in the Nationwide Series are of being treated like this down the stretch on TV?
This whole thing of jumping around from tight shot to tight shot without any perspective is brutal.
Can you imagine Vile Kyle in F1? They thought JPM was a wild man!
Anyone else think this is humorous? Lots of alcohol ads, and Beam and JD pulling out of racing.
JD. Maybe you can share some of that mail with us sometime...anonymously, of course, so no one loses their hard card.
I see RCR took note from JRM of how to promo your sponsor on the roof of the car
@ David. Yeah. You'd think Weed wouldn't want to be in the top 5 again in case another opportunity presented itself.
No offense to you when I refer to Kyle as Weed. ;)
One thing I don't understand is how they can't have the ticker on screen when they have other graphics on screen or when doing in-car. Are they limited to only a single graphic on screen at a time?
Sally,
1 - They need credentials to continue to get into races and the infield media centers.
2 - Their publishers are often in cooperation on advertising and marketing with NASCAR.
3 - Rocking the media boat would almost gaurentee no appearance on NASCAR Now or any future with ESPN. Seen any of the "outspoken" ESPN reporters or writers talk about these issues?
Got to love real life.
thanks, david: second time i've made that same mistake. don't know why i can't keep it straight!
(course, the first time was on the bus on the way home from dover and adult beverages were involved so that might explain some of it!)
the science of our sport is so freaking amazing!
Oh none taken. I am used to it by now.
He is going to win the championship so he will be prepared =)
Hopefully another opportunity presents itself down the road though because I was awfully interested to see how up to speed he would be.
I like the no pit call right now. Won't pay off in the short run but its an extra set of tires late... May decide it.
JD you think with the new SPEED show, someone might speak out since they would have an alternative to go on rather than NN?
I'm liking a few shots at the moment. The countdown is getting on my nerves tho.
Was that a brief blimp shot of the cars racing UNDER THE GRANDSTAND ROOF?
HAHA, JD did you see Moody's site today? Reutimann and Sadler attacked him, spoofed the Mayfield story too.
Amusing stuff.
red, I, for one, would love to hear about your experience in Dover and if you DVR'd the race and watched what we had to watch. Even if you didn't tape, still want to know about your view of everything that happened. Don't know exactly how you'd do that on JD's blog. Just wondering out loud.
Here ya go:
Ryan McGee: If we ever catch Bin Laden we should make him watch that Virginia-UNC game.
Watching this is like watching practice when a group of cars get together on Speed.
Speaking of tickers. How is it BSPN can run the bottom one during commls but, can't run the driver one during off track shots. Such as CC interviews, etc.
@ JD, didn't Ryan mean any race on BSPN?
@Dot
Geneva convention rules says they can't tortue in that way.
@Dot, I think that's what JD is saying. Ryan can't say that about his bosses..sad.
@ boyd, funny.
Oh, horrors. Weed hasn't won in nine races. How has life gone on?
Watching the Fox ticker and the cars in 10th on back have been having a battle.
Karen I was a Dover and DVR'd the race. I found that I was filling in the blanks a lot from what I knew being at the race. Only thing the DVR was good for; closer view of the wrecks and pit stops and interviews that included pictures. Otherwise total waste of time. The biggest difference the Lagano wreck MRN was screaming and I almost missed the wreck when I watched the race on TV. Talk about night and day. I understand that the TV can not aways follow my drivers so being at the race is the only way to see how all of them were racing but I saw way more racing at the track than I saw on TV and I can only look one place at a time unlike the ESPN multiple cameras.
Weed's got talent, but I hate seeing him run away and hide in Trucks and NNS.
Not my driver.
The debris was the way this race has strung out.
@PammH, Yes it is sad when one can't speak the truth.
I LOVE those Penske Truck Rental colors. Something about that yellow and blue just looks so awesome in my opinion.
Ah, the advantage of being at the race live. You can actually watch a driver moving up, working traffic, passing cars, you know, the continuity of the racing?
When I hear wedge adjustment it makes me think about getting underwear out of ......
Dot! You have to stop doing that! It is the EXACT term I use when, well, you know.
@Dot
@sally
now I have to clean Pepsi off my lap top.
When I am at a race I just watch my driver and listen to that driver on the scanner.
Sorry Boyd. It's just that I've been using that 'Nascarism' for many years, and it tickles me to hear it from someone else. Now I know I'm not the only twisted one around here!
@ Sally, that's why I like this site and the Planeteers. Like I said before, we're a funny bunch.
They said the name Kenny Wallace. I don't believe it.
@Dot,
Between this and twitter it's the only way to find out what's happening at the 'race'.
@ boyd, true statement. I missed a few races while at the pool. Got a nice recap via TDP and Twitter.
Wonder if Marty Reid is missing the NHRA right about now?
Dot - good one! I wish we could see a little more of the track.
Dot - good one! I wish we could see a little more of the track.
ok are there fewer Tweeting about NASCAR than usual? either that or my Twitter is acting funky...not seeing many sports update at all...odd
Usually bunch of guys Tweeting...unless that's only on CUP racing.
Texted a friend at the track. He said that it's been a fairly entertaining race. I told him it looked boring.
He asked what race I was watching and I told him on ESPN..his replay was 'turn on your radio'.
oops "reply"
dont really like the stationary camera when doing speeds at the line. wish they'd focus on a battle instead of kyle also.
Am glad they did do speeds at the line =)
wow, ask and i shall receive
The producing and directing are horrible. There needs to be changes.
Marty is trying his best to keep things in order, but he is about at his wits end.
You have to wonder if the producer and director have ever just sat in the stands (you know, with the common folk) and acturally watched a Nascar race? Do they know what makes a race 'exciting'? Do they know how to make sense out of it for viewers? Do they even give a rip?
I'm about ready to throw in the towel today.
It's below average even for ESPN.
That was a good nap.
Erik, go back to sleep. Trust me.
I feel like Tom Hanks on his island.
I haven't a clue as to what is going on.
Another (of the many) thing that's bugging me today: pit stops ... they show the 3 stacked on the left and then all of pit road on the right, but then they zoom in on Logano at the end. Excuse me but I'm trying to follow my driver (Keselowsi) out. Zooming in doesn't allow me to do that.
ESPN needs to get the baboons out of the control room and replace them with someone who knows how to cover a race.
Erik
How YOU doin? You really should see somebody. you have a cough? chest pressure? Wheezing? discomfort?
Full field rundown on MRN.
Barney Hall is the best!
@sophia
My head hurts from the wonderful ESPN coverage, what should I do?
Sally your 5.26 post
No to all. :( I've not been paying attention to tv..just not worth it.
how ESPN is ALLOWED to do this after a few years...is astounding, ain't it?
I hear a noise......sounds of ratings plummeting.
PLUMMET MALL! :)
Amazing how that overhead shot let us see the trouble Logano had as it happened! HINT!
Maybe Erik is not physically sick, it could be just ESPN-itis!
@karen: no dvr so my dover experience is based on what i saw at the track compared to what you guys commented upon here.
#48 was the class of the field all day -- no other way to see it. he ran away with it, not b/c of the cot/clean air reality but b/c that car was so incredibly strong.
lots and lots of subtle racing happening all over the track but one had to actually watch the entire field to be able to see it b/c it often took 2-5 laps for the actual pass to get completed. watching the top 2 or 3 wouldn't show what i saw. side by side, random 3-wides, and some real bonzai passes, especially going into 2. and as much as he makes me crazy-nuts: young mr busch was pretty amazing once he got a lap down. not reckless, just aggressive.
that being said: the race is about 100 laps too long. cars just held position in that long green flag run: no one could pass, they all just rode.
drivers searched for the fastest line all day. lots of cars tried to rim for a few laps then swung back down; some ran low then moved up. there was a middle groove but it seemed to come and go for drivers all day.
the logano wreck scared the crap outta me. it was uglier than tv can even begin to describe. after he finally came down on his tires, the track was (relatively) silent until his net went down and then it was as if we all exhaled at the same time. it just went on for so long. i'm not unaccustomed to hearing wrecks happen but the "thuds" as his car hit the concrete then got airborne then "thud" again was significantly different than the usual squealing tires and metal on metal crunching. not a good sound in any way.
high point: meeting nrf! she even asked mike joy if he could take over for dr punch! his reply was along the lines of "fox and espn don't play well together!"
also great to talk with jeff gluck: he assures us that TDP is taken VERY seriously. and actually asked if the espn broadcasts are "really that bad?" needless to say, we assured him they were even worse than that. he's an all-around nice guy, by the way.
being at the track is always different than watching on tv, we all know that. but the difference was so very, very dramatic for me when reading planeteer comments that it seemed to support my contention that the racing isn't as bad as folks believe: it's the broadcasts that are so bad.
@ VickyD, you're killing me. Now we'll all be sick.
The only bit of animation by ESPN was when Vickers went around, the rest of the battle they were like "Eh, this is good but whatever" While MRN calling the SAME battle was up on the wheel!
What is really strange is that the mistakes are just fundamental.
Almost like college kids are doing it for the first time.
Full screen on green flag pit stops missing racing and a caution.
Never resetting the field after caution flag pit stops at all.
Can't explain or show the wave around cars after an accident.
Blowing up the triple split in the pits and missing the race off pit road.
Jumping between tight shots and losing any perspective on the racing or the field.
It is mind-numbingly bad today.
Is that a word?
Awesome stuff red, great to have ya back
JD,
I just browsed through the comments. Counting sheep would appear to be more exciting option.
Sophia,
Symptoms have dulled now that i'm on the meds. Just feel drained now more than anything.
So....Brian did last week essentially what Cousin Carl just did to Vickers. Is anyone going to say that Carl is too aggressive?
I have that pic with Mike Joy. You guys looked great. That is real social networking!
I meant BRAD did what Carl just did to Brian Vickers. Getting sleepy....
@JD
I LOVE nascar, but ESPN has nearly made me turn off the TV and give up today.
Do the A teams get football games now?
Wow, up close pit stop by an Odd Wad team.
There is just no rhyme or reason to this broadcast.
@jd: "It is mind-numbingly bad today. Is that a word?"
it is now, jd, it is now.
Putting on my other hat:
The current flu is a three day deal but is rather mild.
If you don't get meds in the first 24, it just has to run its course.
Swine is targeting youngsters, pregnant women and those with existing medical conditions.
Wash hands, especially after supermarkets, gas pumps, eating out, etc...
Hey, it's flu season!
Look how fast they zoom in and lose the perspective. Wow...awful.
ESPN's race coverage is like "Ground hog Day" or "A Day at the Races" to mention two movie titles..only minus the HUMOR.
or shampoo directions:
Lather, rinse, repeat
Erik
Feel better!
Does Rusty pay BSPN for Steven's coverage?
ESPN is churning out garbage by the race. It seems deliberate. No one but us seems to care, either, and that is what makes it so intolerable. I have given up hope that ESPN will ever improve in the least. No matter what happens in the booth, the disconnect between the booth and the production truck is miles wide and has been from the start of the contract. Oh, well.
Great tweet JD
Who is Scott in the 11?
JD, we're gonna be the exclusive shipper of the vaccine which starts shipping on the 11th.
Our ramp is expected to run 800-1200 pieces daily from Oct 11th till March.
Helloooooo extra sunday OT!
FYI: I work for FedEx Express
Dot, sarcasm?
@Dot
I guess they heard you in Kansas.
Nov. 1 DST ends. It's 5.42 and gloomy here. Hate when it gets DARK at 5.30.
Could not live in Alaska, Scotland or any region in a higher latitude.
When I savored TNT and said the ENJOYING the tv package was over for me, I wasn't kidding.
I found I can not access the race online...two sites are not working...one is playing football or something..and the other music.
@ David, no. I honestly don't know.
David, is it the inhaled dose?
@jd: " Daly Planet Editor said...
I have that pic with Mike Joy. You guys looked great. That is real social networking!"
absolutely true, jd! i met folks i've only "talked with" on other sites as well. in fact, gluck mentioned that he used to read that site regularly b/c he was able to get info FROM FANS that he didn't get any other way. pretty interesting.
i also liked that gluck sets up "tweet-ups" when he's at a track. it's a great way to make the connection between the fans and a media guy. we had great conversation about a whole bunch of topics and i enjoyed being treated as an intelligent fan by someone in the media!
it would be interesting to see if reporting would change if more media folk ventured out of the media center and the garage area and actually talked to fans before the race.
(plus, gluck has a neat sense of humor and somehow was able to keep track of the several conversations that were happening all at the same time!)
@dot
Brian Scott
Anon 5:40PM, well said.
@david: thanks! glad to be back -- missed planeteers quite a bit: information gap, doncha know!
I believe it is the shots but it may be both JD.
Dot, Brian Scott from the #16 CWTS team
David can you divert some vaccine to the VNA I work for evidently the big chains are getting theirs first for the seasonal flu (we might get enough to give the employees but not the clients) H1N1 we are not holding our breath.
Jeff and a lot of the other infield media center gang have been very nice in providing info and reading your comments.
Laptops are everywhere at the track.
88 and 20 slowly reeling in Kyle it appears though they are all mirroring laps
@ David, I misunderstood your reply to me. I got it now.
Thanks for telling me it's Brian Scott. I got his autograph last week. He signed my Albertson's reward card.
NRF, that would be nice but I have no control over any of that. They are saying 4 locations are doing the shipping but for right now I imagine the big chains are probably going to get it first before it filters down.
red and nrf, saw your photo on Gluck's tweet. Good-looking bunch of fans. Didn't mean to exclude you, nrf. Thank you both for sharing your experiences. I think I would have been star struck meeting Mike Joy.
Ah, lol it happens.
Brian has done well in that car this year. Wouldn't surprise me if he winds up in it full time next year.
@David
@NRF
The wife is a pharmacists at a hospital. The whole pharmacy is having to sign letters stating that they aren't going to take the vaccine because of possible complications, and because it's too new. Not sure about side effects.
It would be really nice to see more of the young kids get some good opportunities. And ESPN finally notices that Brad K is slowly catching Kyle. We know more than they do! Or, we are willing to share the knowlege.
Brad and Kyle are just matching laps. No time without a caution.
Got my reg flu shot today. Hope it does the trick. I would be a bit hesitant to take the swine flu vaccine myself.
And Annett got the call.
Ah. The caution that closes up the field for the final run.
MRN calling it back a bit further, Annett got loose chasing Brendan, ran up the track then off his left rear.
Bummer for Annett really hoped he'd get a good finish today =(
Jamie / Shannon -
PLEASE stop with the "Pops Eury Sr" bit ...
It's either "Pops Eury" or "Tony Eury Sr" ...
@jd: no doubt folks are paying attention but . . . actually getting out there, walking the fan areas and talking with fans about topics sure would give even more insight, doncha think?
and honestly? isn't there some amount of time before the drivers meeting when folks could venture out?
don't get me wrong: i appreciate all the info they bring us and the work they do, both as individuals and as a group. but it was interesting to listen to other fans answer the questions, add my thoughts, bounce it all around.
just seems like a way to get fresh views on the sport.
Or, just Pops.
Annett stopped in turns 3-4, got out of the car and rode the ambulance back to IFCC. Lots of cleanup at hand though from fluids car trailed.
@ David, how'd you find that out?
Wonder what Bestwick and Reid talk about when they are alone?
She is getting worse as the season rolls on...how is that even possible?
Oh look. It's Pops Eury Sr.
MRN Dot
Maybe we should start calling Tony "Pops Eury Jr!"
pops losing weight? i mean, honestly: is EVERYONE at jrm on the program now?
JD, that's what we keep asking ourselves about the race coverage....yet it happens. Oblivion seems a likely answer.
Thanks David.
@ JD, too funny.
"This copyrighted telecast may not be reproduced, retransmitted or used without permission"
Now, why in the world would anybody want to do that with this gargage?
@jd: eury jr already has a nickname: snuffy, i believe.
and, in re: "she's getting worse as the season rolls on:" as a female race fan, i despair. truly. it embarassing sometimes.
I think I saw some wide shots.
Bowyer aint out of it yet.
Kyle was holding back on the last run, noticed a couple laps he really turned up the wick and put a tenth on them a lap.
Ouch, RWI negative press time...
It's women like her that give female race fans a 'bad' name. People tend to assume that all women are as ignorant and airheaded as she is!
Oh, look! A moment of lucidity in the production during that last restart.
hmmm. there's a difference between saying "it's my fault" and saying "i ran outta talent. i wrecked the 32" which is what gaughan actually said.
A couple of nano-seconds of wide shots.
@ Patrick, funny.
Sally or trailer trash bleached blonde with a 3 sizes 2 small tank top
Oy. Got that right. Don't forget the dark roots! It's especially bad, since one would assume that women placed in those poeitions on pit road would have at least a good knowlege of the basics of racing.
and they focus on the wallace kid again. why? anticipating the next caution?
Goodie, goodie, steve wallace is 5th in points at that moment and we almost missed a battle for the lead because we wanted to show steve wallace's tire rubbing.
GO Joey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Patrick, it never hurts to focus on the 66 car as cautions happen a lot around that car.
NICE piece of racing by logano! very, very nice.
How angry is Kyle going to be if he loses in the last laps again? Brad K is the only one I've seen do it so far. I'm not a Logano fan, but....GO JOEY!
Think Kyle will thank God after this one?
Did the really leave a pass for the lead for a tire rub good thing the booth started screaming. Ok pass didn't work now off to Steve Wallace
well, the post-race interview with young mr busch should be . . . interesting, doncha think?!?
Can't wait to see the post-race interviews...
--KarenB
How about that!? Im a huge Kyle fan but MAN, Joey got on that wheel and won this race on his own.
Led 3 laps all day, the final 3.
How did that happen?
Wow, they showed the finish line.
Ridiculous. Just ridiculous coverage from start to finish.
Congrats to Joey and team.
So was that considered a good coverage of the finish.
Come on.
Since Logano is his teammate, will kyle have to be gracious in post race interviews?
WTF, unnecessary clip package right there
did young mr busch just say "god, i suck"?
OK kid wins the NW race and we get a replay of a crash in a DIFFERENT series. Good grief like we are not going to see that 100 times tomorrow as it is
Gosh, who does NASCAR have from the WGA working for them?
The finish was just way tooooo scripted straight out of Hollywood ...
I knew Joey would win the minute I saw the entry list on Monday ...
One hundred seconds of good race coverage does not erase nearly thre hours of garbage. Thanks for nothing ESPN. B***heads.
I did appreciate the excitement in Marty's voice.
Actually got up from the computer to watch the last laps. LOL
How many times this weekend are we going to see the video of Joey flipping???
"Pops Sr" again? Parading your ignorance is pathetic.
If I were feeling well, I would take a shot of whisky for every "Pops" Eury reference.
@Erik...'Pops SR'. Can't leave that out, lest you think they are referring to Tony Jr.
Shannon's first question: What does it mean?
the correct question: HOW DID YOU PULL THAT OFF ON YOUR TEAMMATE?!
Does this silence the critics for last week? would be a good question #2
Ever notice how we rarely heard all these key live radio transmissions that drivers reference in interviews?
I'm really tired of the "Joey Roll" business. If he's too scared to get back in a race car after that, then he shouldn't be driving a race car. Like he's the only driver who ever had a bad crash and raced the next week? Have they not watched any of the racing for the past 50 years?
I'm really tired of the "Joey Roll" business. If he's too scared to get back in a race car after that, then he shouldn't be driving a race car. Like he's the only driver who ever had a bad crash and raced the next week? Have they not watched any of the racing for the past 50 years?
Sorry for the double post.
Sally, i have no issue with him being scared. That is natural. Too scared to get back in the car? He even said after that wreck he has MORE confidence to get back in the car because of how safe they are. I imagine rolling down the banking at Dover anyone would get scared in that moment.
i really am not looking forward to seeing that wreck all day tomorrow. those of you who watch pre-race: best of luck b/c i suspect it'll rival the chase as "the" topic.
and many thanks to carl for mentioning the koman foundation today: some of us appreciate the visibility.
this broadcast was a mess, however: just. a. mess.
David walking down the banking at Dover takes some courage can't imagine rolling down it
How do you feel and the flip again.
To expand on your comment David. How do drivers get back in the car? Some years ago I was rearended (only minor damage) and was scared to drive for two weeks afterwards.
I can't blame them for being apprehensive.
Lots of post-race interviews-that's the only good news.
ESPN must have had a little time at the end of the race, as they even interviewed Parker.
Nice of Marty to try and make it sound more exciting than it was. Did they just skip over the radio transmission of the 18 car saying something sucks? They were too busy figuring out what stupid obvious post race questions they were going to ask.
Wow, what a battle for 12th thanks for that guys. How many times did Marty talk about Wallace being 5th in points and how many times did he say if the race ended now? I will never understand their insistence of focusing on what ifs. I don't care about the points as of right now, tell me at the end of the race the only time it matters.
I can't wait for tomorrow! Any takers on how many times between the pre-race and the race we will see the flip from LAST WEEK and what a traumatic week it has caused Joey to have?
Dot I've been rear-ended several times. Red lights train crossings you know places I'm supposed to be stopped. I finally stopped looking in the mirrow every time I stopped and got hit again when BIG pickup truck though the light was going to change.
Thanks again for hanging with us even through a dreary broadcast of what looked to be a fun race and certainly was exciting on the radio.
There will be a new post up later and we will live blog the Cup race on Sunday as well.
The post for naming Jeremy Mayfield's possible new reality TV series will remain open all day.
See ya folks!
JD
Dot, these guys are all unreal. Guys like Tony Stewart amaze me. Remember Talladega a few years ago when he was sliding on his roof down the start finish line? He said he keyed the radio up because he wanted the crew to hear but forgot the antenna was on the roof and got ground off pretty much the second he went on his lid. Tony is a guy that shows no fear and to me that is simply amazing.
Joey getting scared in that moment the car is rolling, totally understandable since that was the first time he went off his wheels, but I love how he has handled it since. Shows he is the real deal and isn't scared to get back in.
Just have to trust your car, team and equipment that if something does happen, that you'll be okay.
If you race scared though, like Sally said: You got no business being out there.
Noticed Justin Allgaier moved up to 5th place in the point standings knocking Steven Wallace to 6th place and watching the championship banquet on TV. The #66 will be on a mission the last few races.
@ NorCalFan, yeah, Mission Impossible.
@ David 6:36, that's what happened to Ricky Hendrick after he hit the wall at LVMS.
I just marvel how it affects some drivers and not others.
We have Hotpass and MRN tomorrow! Yippee!
I was out for most of the afternoon & recorded the race on the DVR. After 75 laps I could not take anymore. I really don't think ESPN cares anymore. Again football goes over. Tight shots everywhere, Tim Brewer showing the viewers how to put tape on a car, video packages, overkill of old radio communications & single car/crew cheif split screen. The finish was a disaster. Showing Joey Logano & Kyle Busch cross the line, then cut to Carl Edwards battle, show a few more cars, then off to the celebrating crew. It is the same garbage every week.
Shannon won worst pit reporter of the day. In the first 100 laps of the race, she was supposed to be covering Joey Logano's pit stop, but instead admitted she was looking at worn out tires & had 0 to report.
Brad D made me laugh when he talked about drving on worn tires. What racing experience do you have, exactly? None. Why are you even here explaining things you have not experienced?
we left to get a quick bite to eat at Bob Evans before the RACE ENDED!& no did not tape the end since
a. I hadn't been paying attention
b. Things have not change but WORSENED on ESPN
I really don't care anymore. Room mate couldn't believe it! :-)
NASCAR doesn't care.
Brian France is happy so. . .
Have another joey roll on me. With butter and jelly.
Sorry, I'm a dollar late and a few hours short of joining y'all. Had stuff to do and just finished watching the race on my Tivo. Really bad job today by ESPN. Glad I could fast forward through parts. Looks like a long day tomorrow with the Cup race.
Have to share a computer with my niece, and both of us are on Twitter and Facebook, so I can't take the time to read all the posts. It was cloudy, windy and very, very cold at KS. No sunburn, just windburn this time. I hope you didn't suffer thru too much with the TV. The race was really fun; I mostly listened to Little Gator's scanner (he's back in 5th in the standings!) with some MRN thrown in. There is supposed to be more sun and less wind tomorrow. Again, you have my sympathies for the ESPN broadcast.
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